Which to use
“recommandée” is a noun and “recommandées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,719
- “recommandée” frequency rank
- #32,978
- “recommandées” frequency rank
- 49697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandée | recommandées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lettre recommandée. | Féminin pluriel de recommandé. |
Same sound, different letters: recommandée vs recommandées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. recommandée runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCCVV) against recommandées's 12 (CVCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: recommandée vs recommandées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recommandée and recommandées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recommandée” sits inside “recommandées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommandée is recorded at frequency rank #16,719, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. recommandées is at rank #32,978, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49697, this pair ranks #168,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommandée vs recommandées
Shared letters: acdemnoré. Private to "recommandée": -. Private to "recommandées": s.
"recommandée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV · "recommandées" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommandée" and "recommandées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recommandée" or "recommandées"?
What to do next
"recommandée" and "recommandées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandée" and "recommandées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandées vs recommandons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #168,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.